Chesstown King's Reviews and Thoughts

Opening Opinion 98/100 Disc 29 29 Intro-An old timey like song plays about going to Carolina. It kinda sets the tone for the theme of the album. This album is a love letter to J.Cole’s hometown. Gunshots end the track which is wild.  6/10 Two Six-The lead single. I love Cole’s flows on this track. The beat is fire too. It sounds laid back and menacing.   9/10 SAFETY-J.Cole’s raps from the perspective of his friends from his hometown telling him about what’s been going on. It’s really creative and well produced. When he talks about the gay guy he almost calls him the f word but he stops himself lol. 9.5/10 Run A Train-This is a pretty interesting song. J.Cole is joined by Future who sounds pretty invigorated on the chorus. “Fuck do you know about my passion, fuck do you know about my pain, fuck do you know about my struggle, fuck do you know about Jermaine?”. It’s a decent song. It’s pretty laid back. 8/10 Poor Thang-This is a more intense song. I love Cole’s break down when he...

 Have you been wondering what video games I've been playing since the late 2010s and till now in the mid 2020s? Well here you go Ok so after I traded in the Xbox One in 2018 I got a Nintendo Switch. OMG this thing was great. I think Breath of the Wild was my first game. I would get Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and Super Mario Odyssey too. I was till playing my ps4 a lot too. I was playing God of War (2018) and Horizon Zero Dawn.....but I wouldn't beat either one of those until about 2020. Later for PS4 I was able to play games that were technically ps5 games like Horizon Forbidden West and God of War Ragnaraok. Both games were absolutely amazing! Back on the Switch I would play some really great games like Kirby and the Forgotten Land and Zelda Skyward Sword remastered. I really was playing quite a few Pokemon games annually too like Shield, then Brilliant Diamond, then later Scarlet. Of course during this time period I was playing NBA 2ks annually till 2k23. I was also playing a lot of...

 Ah the final album of the Drake trilogy. I gotta admit I kinda like this one quite a bit more than Habiti. This one is apparently for the ladies. "Road Trips" has a nice uptempo vibe to it. "Cheetah Print" with Sexyy Red is a lot better than their collaboration on Habiti. In fact it's rather wild lol. Lyrically the album is pretty passable. The production is solid. Not every song is good. I don't know what he was thinking on "Princess". It really sounds bad and it's the last song too. "Which One" with Central Cee is pretty fire. I mean most songs are decent however. You gotta hand it to Drake for making a pretty decent comeback in 2026. I thought he was done after the very popular 2024 beef.  Lyrics 20 Beats 22 Depth 19 Tilt 20 Verdict 81

 This new Ariana Grande album is very polarizing it seems but I really like it! The single "hate that I made you love me" is really nice. This album seems to have a different sound than her past works for the most part. It's darker for sure. "Petal" has some really interesting production. Sometimes I found Ariana's singing would be kinda drowned out by some song's production but it rarely happens. "freak" is a highlight. As is "like I do" where she flaunts she'll do her lover better than anyone else. "oh well" has a really nice flow to it too. I could see someone being a little disappointed that this album doesn't really cover anything from her personal life. But the album is really good. Not as good as her last album but it's better than Positions from 2020. I actually have the album cover that shows shoes and her legs and not the regular album cover. So I guess it's the special edition of the album. It says...

Opening Opinion: 96  Wow its hard to believe its been over 20 years since T.I. released one of (if not his best) albums, King. The album is just amazing. It didn't leave my CD player for a while after I got it. Let's get into the review. I believe it was heavily used in the movie ATL which I saw on my 18th b-day.  Let's start with the DJ Toomp produced "What You Know" and man, this is probably his best solo song. The beat is infectious. I love the hook too. "Somebody get bet get bruh, fo he get sent for, say you wanna squash it, what you still talking shit for", raps T.I.. The 2 songs before this are really good too. "King Back" which is produced by Just Blaze is also amazing. The song is so triumphant. It really gets me hype. A perfect opener. I love how he tells you to listen to his past albums to get a feel for who he is. "Front Back" features UGK (Bun B and Pimp C) and is produced by Mannie Fresh. Man this beat is just  fire. All ...

 This latest MC album is pretty good. Sure she's beginning to not be as great a singer as she's been....but she's still great. The opener "Mi" is fun and energetic. "Play This Song" features a good Anderson .Paak feature. She straight up raps on "Type Dangerous" but I think it works. I mean let Mariah brag a little bit lol. "Sugar Sweet" with Kehlani is very smooth. Ironically I matched up Mariah and Kehlani in my R&B tournament. Search for that post. Sheneseea also joins the lady on that song. The album's production is good but nothing amazing. I found myself liking most of these songs. I mean at this point Mariah is a legend for sure. The full ranking of Mariah Carey's albums is coming so look out of that. Lyrics 22 Beats 20 Depth 23 Tilt 22 Verdict 87